Brassiere.



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APPLICATION FILED APR.4, 1912.

Patented June 22, 1915 IN1/Nm3 @fu/221512@ Rovira wlmfssfs AITORNEHS L,so

JOSIPHINE ROVIRA, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRASSIRE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22', 1915.

Application led April 4, 1912. Serial No. 688,351.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosIrHrNr. Rovma, acitizen of the United States, and a resident Iof the city of New York,borough of Manhattan, vin the county and State of New York, haveinvented a new and Improved Brassire, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to combine and distribute thefatty tissues of a female figure so as to impart a more pleas ing bustconfiguration.

AA-further object of the invention is so to distribute and applystiifening means to a brassire as to cause a forward distribution of thefatty tissues under` the arms and cause the same tocontinue apparentlyinto a bust configuration, either articial or natural.

In carrying out the objects of the invention an eHect is desired similarto that to be obtained by a woman grasping her two sides up under thearms by the palms of her hands and with separated fingers forcing thefatty flesh forward where it is held in pleasing configuration by theforwardly Haring iingers. This effect is preferably accomplished in theembodiment of the invention by a series of stifi'eners suitably securedto the brassire at the locality under the arms and extending forward anddecidedly flared in a forward direction to terminate over the localityof each bust.

The above will be understood more clearly by reference to the followingspecification, which should be read in connection with the illustrativeembodiment shown in the accom panying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar characters designate correspondingparts, and in which Figure 1 is a pictorial View of a person wearing abrassire constructed and arranged in conformit-y with the presentinvention; F ig. 2 is a back vi -w of the brassire shown as worn on theperson; Fig. 3 is a detail view showing a fragment of half section of abrassire constructed in accordance with the present invention, part ofthe structure being cut away to show the interior structural elementsthereof ;A and Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a brassire having securedthereon a breast-form constructed and arranged in accordance with thepresent invention; Fig. 5 is a detail view in vertical section, onannlarged scale, taken through the pocket provided to hold dressshields.

' sirable.

The body of the brassire may be constructed from any suitable textilefabric shaped and formed for encircling the wearer. The number of goresor sections making up the same is immaterial, although in theillustrative embodiment it is shown constructed in two sections, thesections being joined at the back by elastic bands 9, said bands beingpermanently incorporated in the structure. Each side section of thebrassire is provided adjacent the edges joined by the bands 9, with astiifener 10. The stilfeners 10 may be constructed from any suitablematerial, such as corset-steel, whalebone, Celluloid or other suitablematerial well known in the art. The stiifeners 10, 10 operate in thepresent instance to prevent the crumpling or wrinkling of theunsupported edge of the garment. The front of the section of the garmentis provided with fasteners 11 of any suitable form, such, for instance,as a button and buttonhole, or

glovefastcning snap. To the fastening edge of one of the sections of thebrassire is secured a iieXible loop 12, having at. the lower end thereofan eyelet 13, suitable for engaging one of the studs of thev ordinarycorset. The loop 1Q may be constructed from elastic material, if such befound de- The sections of the brassire are joined by pierced edgingstrips 14, through the piercings whereof are threaded drawstrings 15.The strings 15, when drawn, hold the brassire in position upon theperson and upon the corset.

It will be understood that the brassire herein shown and described isdesigned to fit the body of the person above the corset,

and to overlap the upper odge of the corset.

The brassire is provided'with shoulderstraps 16. The straps 16 may beconstructed of flexible or elastic material, as desired.y

shield 18. It will be understood that the dress-shield 18 may, whendesired, be incor" porated in the structure of the brassire, by sewingto the inner side of the pocket thus cloth, such as is commonly used inthe construction of dress-shields. When this form of construction isadopted, the pocket 17 may be utilized for the reception of some .j j

form of scent, such as what is known as sachet powder. .Furthen thepocket'thus formed may be used to more thoroughly ventilate the portionof the garment where the shield is placed, by opening the pocket, -t`more thoroughly aerate the structure when the same is not being worn.Each section of the brassire is provided between the back panel and thefront panel. thereof, with breast-supporting sections extending acrossthe side of the wearer' below the arm and above the corset, saidsections embodying a series of stitfeners 19. The stieners 19 as seen inthe drawings are fanned or flared toward the forward end of thestructure, or adjacent the front panel of the, garment. This arrangementprovides structures which yield to the strain of the brrssire, graduallytoward the front thereof, to onform to the shape of the breasts of thewearer,

As seen in the drawings, one of the breastforms 20 is worn, the spreadportions of 'the grouped stifl'eners 19 resting above the said form.Vhere the form is not used, the spread ends of the stifl'eners 19 restagainst the side of the breast of the wearer, operating to support anyfatty tissues at this part of the body, to maintain the same in thedesired advanced position. While I have shown in the drawings a seriesof only three 'stiHeners 19,it will be understood that these still'enersmay be multiplied, or augmented to cover a wider area of the structurethan herein shown. It will be noted that, by the superposed arrangementof the stiffeners 19, the desired flexibility of the garment, to permitthe same to accommodate the ben ding of the body, is here provided for.The breastform 20 shown in the accompanying drawings consists of arounded shape constructed from crinolne or ruffled material, such asthat indicated b the numeral 21 in Fig. 4 of drawings. thin pad 23,which gives body to the structure. The pad 23 is securely attached to astrap 22, at the ends whereof is mounted a fastener 24, whereby thebreast-form is attached to the brassire and subsequently held thereby inposition. By means of this arrangement, the breast-form may besubstituted, repaired, or the use thereof discontinued, by unfasteningthe strap Q2 from the garment. Thus whether or not the breast formationis natural or artificial the fanned or flaring stifl'eners 19 effect ablending of the fatty tissues of the sides of the wearer into the bustoutline under the flare of the stileners. It should likewise be notedthat this function is in no way impaired by the shield pockets 17 whichare illustrated in relation to the side stifleners.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- A brassire for forming and confining bustscomprising,r a fabric-body for encircling the wearer and having a seriesof elongated stifeners on each side. each stiffener extending from therear portion back of an arm forward to the position of a bust, theindividual stifl'eners of each series being flared apart toward thefront whereby the he crinoline is sewed to a fatty tissue may beconfined under the arms and be brought forward to blend into a bustoutline under the flare of the stitfeners.

ln testimony -whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe` presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSIPHINH ROVIRA. Witnesses GEORGE A. HUiris, JOHN J. NA'rKINa

